Human Evil

11: A Threatening Offer: Human Evil

“In this chapter the flaws in question are those in the human heart and soul. How does a community committed to improvise in the light of the drama of God’s story engage with systematic oppression?”

Accepting and Blocking. Th example of blocking or accepting in Chile during the Pinochet regime.

Question Givens. 

Reincorporating the Lost. The church reincorporated the lost and oppressed in Chile.

Forming Habits. Forming habits via discipline allows one to confront difficult moral situations, including torture like the church in Chile had to confront.

Incorporating Gifts. Torture as a kind of anti-liturgy.

Excerpt From: Samuel Wells. “Improvisation.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/improvisation/id473939687?mt=11

Charles Eklund 2018